Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-25
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

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school teachers in Washington Terri
tory.
Quite a number of immigrants viii
arrive at Winlock soon. They hav,
been on the road for some time. They
come from North Carolina, and will
be about twelve families in all.
The foundation of the Custom
House building at Port Townsend was
finished last week and the Superintend
ent is now awaiting the plans of the
building from Washington.
| A. H. Woolery has rented his farm
near Sumner to Edward Cole for five
five years at an annual rental of 81 ,2O(
a year. The place is a fine one, and
has 1S acres planted in hops.
| A young man named Bradley, who
has been in the Department of Justice
in Washington since 1869, is at present
in Seattle, as Special Agent of the De-
partment, examining the accounts Of
the United States Marshal.
A singular verdict was rendered in
Tacoma few days ago. Barker, the
convict who attempted to escape in a
boat from McNeiPs island, and was
tried for trying to steal the boat, was
found not guilty, the jury concluding
that he was merely on a legitimate
search for liberty
The Tacoma Chamber of Commerce
has voted to hold celebration at Ia
coma on the 4th of July of this year,
in commemoration of the completion
OF the Cascade division railroad, leav-
ing the matter in the hands of the ex-
ecutive committee to make the neces-
sary arrangements.
A creditable rumor was in circula-
ton at Wallula the other day to the
effect that orders for bridging the Co
lumbia at PascO had been suspended,
with Il view to combining the crossings
OF the Cascade branch and the pro-
jected line down the north bank of the
Columbia from Wallula. The people
OF that town were jubilant over the
news.
All the contracts for building the
new steamer at Tacoma by the Pacific
Navigation company has been signed.
The steamer has not yet had a name
provided for her. She will be of 225
tons burthen. She will be provided
with steam winch for loading and un-
loading freight. The boat, when fin
ished will cost in the neighborhood of
$25,OOO
Captain j. ]. Smith and others of
San Francisco have contracted with
Hall Brothers of Port Blakely to build
for them a new barkentine to carry
about 650,OO0 feet of lumber. Cap
tain Ulberg, who had command of the
barkentine Catherine Sudden will be
captain of the new vessel. This is the
second barkentine that Hall Brothers
have secured the contract for.
Hiram Doncaster is building at Port
Ludlow four-masted schooner for the
Puget Mill Co., to carry about 100000
feet of lumber. The vessel when COM
pleted will take the place of the bark
entine Kitsap, which was lost Oh the
Australian coast. Mr.. Doncashr will
also build a three-masted schooner for
the Gardiner Mill Co., to carry lumber
from their mills at Umpqua river, Or.
The vessel is to have capacity of 6OO,-
GOO feet of lumber.
Quite sensational story is going
the rounds. 1t appears that young
man found it necessary to join him
self in marriage to q person of i'll re-
pute, before the citizens of Aberdeen
would allow them to remain. Indie-
nant at this treatment, he took his
wife to Hoquiam with the purpose in
view of trading her off. This was more
than the Hoquiamites could stand, 80
they tarred and feathered the fellow.
and then ordered him out to pick him.
self.
The largest cougar in the Territory,
says the Chehalis Nugget, was killed
last Saturday afternoon, few miles
above town. The sportsmen were
George Gates, Syrenus Davis and
Harry Davis, and each had chance
to fire one shot. The cougar was
found ut the top of one of tie tallest
fir trees and one shot brought him to
the ground, but three others were
necessary to kill him. He was nine
and one-half feet long and weighed
more than 800 pounds.
An Ellensburg dispatch of the 18th
instant says that on the previous day
an Indian squaw was hanging around
the residence of Mr.. Reed, the drug
gist, when Chas. Reed, his eighteen
year old son ordered her to quit the
premises. She soon returned and en-.
tering the cellar, stole some wine and
while trying to escape with it, was
shot by the boy with q shot gun. The
entire top of her head was blown off
The jury summoned in the case &C
quilted the youth of the charge o
murder.
The city of Walla Walla has ar.
ranged with Gov. Squire for the main
tenance and guarding of the Peniten